Therefore, the Book of Changes says: The dynamics of the 62 hexagram not only means straight, but also square. The lower part of the dress is like a weighing rod and a weighing hammer, which means that there is no bias and no intention to be flat. Because it meets the requirements of the five aspects of rules, rules, ropes, weights, and balances, the saints should wear it. rules and rules, take its selfless righteousness; rope, take its righteousness; Weigh and trade-off, and take the meaning of fairness. Therefore, the first king attached great importance to deep clothes. Wearing deep clothes, you can learn literature, you can practice martial arts, you can use it as a guide to the guests, you can praise the etiquette, you can lead the troops, the style is complete, it is labor-saving to do, and it is the best clothes other than court clothes and sacrificial clothes.

If both parents and grandparents are alive, the dark coat is trimmed with multicolored cloth. If only the parents are alive, the dark clothes they wear are trimmed with green cloth. If it is an orphan whose father has died and his mother has survived, it is trimmed with white cloth. The trim of the cuffs of the deep coat, the trim of the hem of the deep coat, and the trim of the edge of the deep garment are all inches and a half wide.

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(40) Pitching pots

Pitching pots are traditional rituals and feasting games of the Han nationality that continued from the pre-Qin period to the end of the Qing Dynasty. The pot throwing ceremony comes from the shooting ceremony. Because the courtyard is not wide enough to set up a hoof, or because there are many guests, it is not enough to prepare a bow to match, or some guests do not know how to shoot arrows, so they use pitching pots instead of bows to make guests happy and practice etiquette.

The practice of throwing pots is: the banquet is carried out to a certain stage, and the host stands on the east steps, holding the arrow in his hand; Si Shot stood on the west steps, holding the middle in his hand; The host sent another servant to hold the pot, which also stood on the west steps, near the place where the guests were. The host invited: I have a crooked arrow and a pot with a crooked mouth and a crooked neck, which I hope will be used to entertain the guests. The guest replied: I have appreciated the food and wine at the foot. Now I have to entertain again, I really don't dare to be. The host also said: The crooked arrow, the crooked mouth and neck of the pot, are not worthy of your polite excuse, please take your foot to appreciate the face and agree. The guest also said: I have already been entertained with wine and food, and now I want to entertain with entertainment, and I resolutely dare not take it.

The host invited again: The crooked arrow, the crooked mouth and crooked neck of the pot, is not worthy of your politeness, please be sure to appreciate your face and agree. The guest said: I repeatedly refused, and you just didn't agree, so you had to listen to the honorable name. So the guest bowed goodbye and took the arrow from the hand of his master; When the host saw the guests giving a salute, he hurriedly stepped back and turned around, and said: No courtesy, no courtesy. When the host bowed on the east steps, the guests saw this, and hurriedly turned around and said: No courtesy, no courtesy. After the guest has finished giving the salute, the guest receives the arrow from the host, and the host receives the arrow from the hand of the saluter, and the host advances to the two pillars, inspects the place where the pot will be thrown, and then retreats to the original position on the east steps, bows to the guest, and invites him to take a seat.

Si Shu took the pot from the hands of his subordinates, and went up to the hall to measure the position of the square pot in front of the guest and host. After the pot is placed, return to the original position of the west step, put the center again, insert eight chips in the center, face east, and stand up with eight chips in hand. Si Shot announced to the bin the rules of throwing the pot: the arrow is put into the pot at one end to be counted, the host and the guest hand one by one, if one party throws continuously, even if the throw does not count; The winner pours a glass of wine for the unvictorious to drink. After drinking the penalty wine, the loser puts a winning chip for the winner; If one side gets three chips first, the other side drinks a celebratory drink.

Si Jie announced the same rules to his master. The master also ordered the drummers to play the accompaniment of "Tanuki Head" during the competition, and the speed of the performance should be neither fast nor slow, and it should be consistent. The leader of the band replied: Yes.

Si Gun reports to both the guest and the host that the arrow is ready and can start throwing the arrow in turn. Whoever throws the arrow in, the shooter kneels down and scores a point for him. When throwing pots, the guest sits to the right of the shooter and the host sits to the left.

At the end of the pitch, the shooter announced the remaining chips in his hand and said: The pitch between the guest and the host is over, and the score will now be calculated. The method of calculation is that two chips are counted as one pure, take enough ten pure, put them in a pile, put them on the ground, and calculate until the end if there is only one chip left, it is called strange. After the calculations were taken over, the division reported that one side's results exceeded the other's by a certain number of pure. If there is an odd number in the odds, report the odd number as well. If the points of both sides are equal, it is said that the two sides are evenly matched.

The priest said to the children of the victorious side, "Please pour the wine for the losing side." The children of the victorious side said, "Yes." After pouring the penalty wine, the losing party knelt down and held the wine cup and said, "Thank you for drinking." The victorious side also knelt down and said, "Please feed yourself with this wine."

After the sacrificial ceremony, he set up a horse for the victorious side. Whoever wins, puts the horse ahead of the other. Immediately win with three horses. If one side gets one and the other gets two, the one who gets the one should merge his own one into the other side's two and celebrate the other side's victory. At the ceremony, Si Jie said: The final result of the game has been out, let us celebrate the victorious. Both the host and the guest replied, "Yes." After drinking the celebratory wine, the priest asked the horses that had already been set up to be removed.

The amount of chips you need to prepare depends on the number of people in the seat. The length of the arrow, if the pot is pitched indoors, use two feet long; If you are throwing a pot in the hall, use two feet eight inches long; If you are throwing a pot in the middle of the court, use a pot that is three feet six inches long. The length of the chip is one foot and two inches. The kettle used for pitching is seven inches long in neck, five inches in belly, two and a half inches in diameter, and one and a half liters in volume. The pot contains adzuki beans to prevent the arrows from jumping out again. The place where the pot is placed is two and a half arrows away from the seat. The arrows used for pitching pots should be made of topwood or thorn wood, and the bark should not be peeled off.